The Meeker herald., 1887-10-22
Personal nero,l.e.,on..

| The following sptifed IN some Of
the State papers dsring the late ''un.
PLEASANT tness. )" and swing to other news
matter IL has been Growded out Of TnE
HERALD. A. 30 s6itor is out, and ut
the solicitation Of . humber Of our read.
orr VIZ take great pleasure in publishing
tho "rersorfxl Reoollections." from the
pen Of Bill Nye. aad which lately up.
peared In the New York World:
Tie recent ruotion on tho part Of
william II. CoIorop. Duke Of Rawhide
Butt~s and heir-verSumptiye TO the
throne Of Yellow Jbcket Park, brings
tho Indian once mod to our notice, and
teaches Us that etersai vigilance ia the
price OF government Land on the From
tier. Sig. Colorow , OF Indian parent.
age, and his lineage. such as IL is. is
very long. His snceftors run back as
far as the earliest dawn III the Christian
era. They claimed u.e land ralrniip.
POLE. and seemed to ignore the fact that
IL had been sold for taes. Tie Indian
has always been In favor OF, reprcs. n,a-
ton without taxation, and Slorow has
believed In y community Of gNib. allow
ing the whites IA retain u contsvlling in
tsrest In common. wet browei Ail H..
has aiways leen willing 10 divide his
br, ad with tho l'sle-face. lie las Of
fered time and again To give the whit.
man the bread that WIS swee,.ned with
honest sweat. while he took his isain.
lie says that 10 prefer bread that ,s,,es
of per.piration shows u dcpraycd tate.
Coiorow has for years been terror Ia
the people of Northwestern Colorado,
Eastern Utah and Southern Wyoming
Every spring II used Ia L. his custom
to stroll into North Park aud prospect
for prospectors. Once he came Ia call
on me. lie had been there longeI
than had. aud ~ Of cours. |, wa'
nothing more than etiquette that Il,
should call on mr. lie seemed Ia enjoy
his call very much. could no, think
of anything To say, though generally
am of n bright and happy disposition
After I had asked him how his mother
was I could not think II anything else
To interest him. Finally thought Of
Captain John Smith. and how lie
amused n hostile band by showing them
his compass. but hal new watch.
which I carried IN buckskin watch
pocket. and I thought 1 would show
him the swrcjssrcond aud iiy'hacs. an'l
let him s-~ the wheels 90 round. Ah-n
Colotow Is captured. II thr United
Stale, of America lias no uss for that
watch. would In slai Ia have II re-
turned To me nj No. I. Park Row, New
York.
Coiorow is q man NJ few words. I
will never forget win,t h. said 10 ms
s"-r La went away. lie held ny t~'
nh2sss and anAA In r x,scs ..tns-d,t- nc
--~in tn ~avcr: "Nebhe -. two -i--I-
more. you git out" sometimes think
that when man says vear little We ar,
more apt 10 take an in,cnst In what b,
says. II WAS - In hi, cas~. got q
thinking over his remark after lie had
gone and decided 10 ACCEPT his g-ncrou'
offer. lie had Rivea inc tao sleeps, but
I do not require much sleep anywa.
and when ! got to thinking ai,nu, Colo
row aud his restless manner while h-
WIS ~, guest could mol sleep 80 well
as had formerly. and - have ircil
doing the most of my sleeping sine.
that IN more tlickly sealed country
remember l was NJ restless that last
night that I walked fcv.;isi,l, about.
walked feycrishly aboi; twenty .ivc
miles. l judge. In nor,hcriy direction.
I left n small but RrowiIs mine there at
the time In charge Of u,,s, and hope
they used II judicio,isiy.
The Ute nation Is divided into two
sections. viz the Souiletn ui.s, who
have been pretty general, friendly. and
the Northern or White River t,cs. who
break GU, into its OF EN- ,,ionai insanity
whenever their ponies 81, their bellies
full of grass. Ny polio. which ! regret
Ia say has never been sdop,.d 10y the
government. Is 10 hire suiiicicn,
amount Of armed herd,rs Ia take the
entire grand rsmnan, sale Of Indian
tribes out on the plains aud watch them
all winter. rounding them up and count
ing them every morning and evening TO
see tina, they are sli there. Through
the day they might b KEEP, busy pulling
the 'pizen weed" thht grows all over
the grazing grounds Of the west. aud
thus they would get plenty Of fresh air
aud al the same tima d, good In a mod.
est way. But this schcmc for "u,iliz-
ing" the Ctcs is n hundred Years ahead
OF the age. and no DO not expect 1t
will meet with the Endorsement OF a
sluggish administrat n.
There are. however two sides TO the
Indian question. VIZ a right and u
wrong side. That Is why the Indian
question wears ~ veil. One Of the
great wrongs incident 10 the matter is
tho great delay in officially reaching the
war department in suh n way rs TO at
tract the eyes OF tie 4,eaker. by the
time courier can get Into u telegraph
station and wire tls Governor of u
State, who notifies tn adju,ant general
t0 write u dictated letter with his
trcnchant type. write, uppraising the
commander Of the apartment. who is
at Coney Island or carlsbad. with no
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